A Serious Man vs Life Is Beautiful
Life Is Beautiful has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 6.7/10 for A Serious Man). A Serious Man is the shorter watch at 1h 46m compared with 1h 56m. Life Is Beautiful is the older of the two (1997 against 2009). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
A Serious Man
Life Is Beautiful| A Serious Man | Life Is Beautiful | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.7/10 | ★ 8.4/10 |
| Year | 2009 | 1997 |
| Length | 1h 46m | 1h 56m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | United States of America | Italy |
| Director | Ethan Coen, Joel Coen | Roberto Benigni |
| Main cast | Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed, Alan Mandell, Sari Lennick | Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano, Sergio Bini Bustric |
Synopsis
A Serious Man
It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith that she is leaving him. She has fallen in love with one of his more pompous acquaintances Sy Ableman.
Life Is Beautiful
A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.
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